PDMS to CAESAR II

WORK FLOW

THIS PRESENTATION WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO EXPORT PIPING MODELS

FROM PDMS TO CAESAR II WITHIN FEW MINUTES FOR STRESS ANALYSIS,
WITHOUT ANY PIPING GEOMETRY DATA LOSS.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

PDMS
ISODRAFT

I-SKETCH

IDF
INTERMEDIATE DATA FILE

PCF
INTERMEDIATE DATA FILE

I-SKETCH
I-RUN
SPOOLGEN

I-EXPORT

PCF
PIPING COMPONENT FILE

cii
CAESAR II NEUTRAL FILE

CAESAR II

CAESAR II

I-SKETCH, I-RUN, SPOOLGEN AND I-EXPORT ARE THE ALIAS PIPING

SOLUTIONS PRODUCTS.
ISOGEN IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD ISOMETRIC ENGINE FROM ALIAS.
MOST OF THE PIPING AND PLANT DESIGN SOFTWRE SYSTEMS ARE
IMPORTING/EXPORTING IDF OR PCF FILES.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

FIRST, YOU MUST HAVE ISODRAFT ADMIN PRIVILEGE IN ORDER TO

CHANGE OPTION SWITCHES. TRANSFER FILE CHECK BOX MUST BE
CHECKED TO INSTRUCT PDMS TO CREATE TRANSFER FILE. ALSO,
DIRECTORY AND FILE NAME MUST BE SPECIFIED.
THEN YOU MUST RENAME TRANSFER FILE TO ie. Trans.idf.
SPECIFY ANY ISOMETRIC TYPE AND TRANSFER FILES OPTION TO BE
PRODUCED AUTOMATICALLY THEN CLICK ON APPLY BUTTON.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

The next step is to import IDF file to I-SKETCH and create an isometric drawing.
Once you create isometric drawing PCF file is created automatically and saved in ISKETCH project directory.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

Sample isometric drawings created by I-SKETCH.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

ISOGEN-FILES
ISOGEN.FLS
UNITS-BORE
INCH
UNITS-CO-ORDS
MM
UNITS-BOLT-LENGTH
MM
UNITS-BOLT-DIA
INCH
UNITS-WEIGHT
KGS
PIPELINE-REFERENCE
AM4031
REVISION
-1
AREA
(AM)
PIPING-SPEC
3P1
NOMINAL-RATING
0
PIPELINE-TYPE
NULL
DATE-DMY
06/01/2007
PAINTING-SPEC
unset
ATTRIBUTE0
c:\SampleIsoDir\ISTutorial\pipes\AM4031.iso
START-CO-ORDS
83800.0000 22205.0000 110495.0000
GASKET
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110495.0000 3.0000
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110498.0000 3.0000
ITEM-CODE
ACGCBDC
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER 16387/405
CATEGORY ERECTION
GASKET-CLASS
PAINTING-SPEC
unset
BOLT
CO-ORDS
83800.0000 22205.0000 110498.0000
BOLT-DIA
0.75
BOLT-ITEM-CODE MSBDL110
BOLT-QUANTITY
8
BOLT-LENGTH
110.00
CATEGORY ERECTION
END-CONNECTION-EQUIPMENT
CO-ORDS 83800.0000 22205.0000 110495.0000
CONNECTION-REFERENCE E-4153/N4
FLANGE
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110498.0000 3.0000
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110577.3700 3.0000
SKEY
FLWN
ITEM-CODE
AAFWBD0
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER 16387/406
PAINTING-SPEC
unset
CATEGORY FABRICATION

Sample PCF file.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

WELD
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110577.3700 3.0000
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110577.3700 3.0000
SKEY
WW
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER B7153AD6-EAC9-4414-B3EC-A4DB11EC9EC3
REPEAT-WELD-IDENTIFIER 1
CATEGORY FABRICATION
ELBOW
END-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110577.3700 3.0000
END-POINT
83914.3000 22205.0000 110691.6700 3.0000
CENTRE-POINT
83800.0000 22205.0000 110691.6700
SKEY
ELBW
ANGLE
9000
ITEM-CODE
AAEA200
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER 16387/407
PAINTING-SPEC
unset
CATEGORY FABRICATION
WELD
END-POINT
83914.3000 22205.0000 110691.6700 3.0000
END-POINT
83914.3000 22205.0000 110691.6700 3.0000
SKEY
WW
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER B7533A83-39EE-49F4-90D9-467575B487CE
REPEAT-WELD-IDENTIFIER 2
CATEGORY FABRICATION
PIPE
END-POINT
83914.3000 22205.0000 110691.6700 3.0000
END-POINT
84014.3000 22205.0000 110691.6700 3.0000
ITEM-CODE
AFPA200
UNIQUE-COMPONENT-IDENTIFIER LSTU_16387/407
CATEGORY FABRICATION
PAINTING-SPEC
unset

Sample PCF file. (cont.)

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

Or you may use I-EXPORT program to import IDF file and create cii file.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

Select PCF command from External Interfaces pulldown menu.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

Select appropriate settings and click OK.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

10

In CAESAR II input spread sheet, enter temp., press., Mat., etc.

Remember,
All valves and flanges are imported as weightless rigid elements but with
correct face to face dimensions. You must enter rigid weights manually.
All pipe supports are imported as rigid anchors, so you must change support
types.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

11

Now you have finished CAESAR II model ready for analysis.

PDMStoCAESARIIWORKFLOW|Preparedby:FarhadSalehi

12